Cheryl Bains is an operatically trained Soprano and a crossover Composer-Performer. 

 

Raised in Singapore, Cheryl made her professional debut as a Soloist with Orchestra at the age of 14, in numerous successful concerts, most notably in repertoire such as Rutter’s Mass of The Children (Singapore premier) with the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with Orchestra of the Music Makers under the baton of Maestro Joshua Kangming Tan and the mentorship of Madam Khor Ai Ming at the prestigious Esplanade Concert Hall. 

 

Formerly based in Los Angeles on an Artist Visa, Cheryl is of one of the few mentees of critically acclaimed Composer, Arranger and Orchestrator, Ladd McIntosh. She presently goes between India and Singapore. 

 

A proud graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, Cheryl was well received in roles such as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Lakmé in Lakmé, Maria in The Sound of Music as well as in repertoire such as Carrissimi’s Jepthe with the MSM Chamber Choir and Orchestra under the distinguished baton of Maestro Kent Tritle. 

 

Cheryl’s debut as a Composer-Performer also happened during her time at Conservatory. Her innovative arrangements of traditional Indian music for a Western-Classical setting were choicely featured at MSM’s 15th Annual International Student Concert. 

 

Most recently in her home country, India, Cheryl composed and performed the world premiere of her original crossover opera The Legend of the Goddess, to acclaim and in collaboration with Mumbai’s iconic Royal Opera House (and sponsored by Steinway India & Furtados Music), marking her first major compositional premiere. 

 

In India, Cheryl appeared with the South Asian Symphony Orchestra in Bangalore, under the baton of Maestra Maria Badstue as both a soloist and arranger. She also sang with the Kolkata Sinfonietta Orchestra, at the stately Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, conducted by His Excellency Dider Talpain. In Delhi, it was a great honour for Cheryl to perform specially with the Indian Air Force Band for Italy’s National Day 2025. Cheryl’s house debut at Mumbai’s Royal Opera House was as the featured performer for the historic first chapter of the France’s “Les Entretiens de Royaumont” in India. 

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Proud to be associated with Steinway India, Cheryl has had the honor to inaugurate the opening of a new showroom in New Delhi, with a special Steinway-themed recital. 

She performs regularly with Delhi’s esteemed The Neemrana Music Foundation, with world-renowned artists such as Vanessa Garcia, Arnaud Kientz and Clémence Chabrand. 

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She continues to collaborate with artists of stature and multiple disciplines.